Ecclesiastes 2:16
“For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever,.... The Targum interprets it, in the world to…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Ecclesiastes 2:12-26
Solomon having found that wisdom and folly agree in being subject to vanity, now contrasts one with the other Ecc 2:13.…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ecclesiastes 2:12-16
Solomon having tried what satisfaction was to be had in learning first, and then in the pleasures of sense, and having…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
there is no remembrance of the wise More accurately, For the wise man as for the fool there is no remembrance for ever,…
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